Google is preparing to launch a search service that indexes and ranks content from microblogging services such as Twitter.  Micro-blogging services are great for live blogging and posting real-time information about an event.
Twitter’s search engine has two major drawbacks: it’s limited to Twitter and it sorts the results by date.  Yes, there are other search [...]

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This afternoon we see what is possibly another hacking attempt on Google Trends.
Apparently, the number 5 most-searched-for query on Google is the following (click to enlarge)…

So what exactly is…
“hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha”?
Well, we’re not sure yet.  The last few times Google Trends has been hacked, it has usually been in the form of a little harmless fun from [...]

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Whoops.  What happened, Britney Spears?  You were one of the most popular search terms of 2008, and now Twitter is more popular than you.
Twitter has surpassed “Britney”, and has even caught up to “Obama” according to Google Trends…

Twitter, though, is still getting pwned by Facebook as far as traffic and search frequency is concerned. [...]

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Google’s Insights for Search tool is powerful.  Don’t get me wrong, I still like Google Trends, but Insights for Search makes that look like chopped liver.
Now, it’s just gotten even better.   Take a look at some of the new features just introduced…

New data sources – They’ve added additional data [...]

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Web 2.0 is dying a slow death, at least it seems that way.
Looking at Google Trends, the term “Web 2.0″ started being used at the end of 2004, when Tim O’Reilly organized the first edition of the Web 2.0 Conference.
Searches for the phrase started picking up in the middle of 2005 and continued increasing until [...]

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Some people apparently think it’s funny to hack Google Trends. Last week, we witnessed a nice :-) in Trends, Google’s mechanism to display the top search terms of the day.
Today, these jokesters have decided to place the image of an jet airplane flying into two towers on Google Trends.   The image looks [...]

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Google has just released the top global searches of 2008 in their first annual, global Year-End Zeitgeist report.
Some of these hot trends are not even being touched by the marketing community and this would be a great time to hop on the bandwagon.
So what topped the charts?  We are obviously a [...]

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According to Google Trends, many people are trying to find out where they can vote tomorrow. Remember, Google Maps has you covered.   They have a special area and even a search shortcut to help you find your local polling place, voting hours and more.
Searches like “Where do I Vote?” or “Polling place” make [...]

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I hope you have been paying attention.  I hope you have been taking notes.  In previous months, we have discussed WHY you should be using Google Trends, WHO has been hot on Google Trends, and even HOW to profit from Google Trends.
Well, now it seems that some big-time players are catching on to the buzz. [...]

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It’s been a while since we’ve given you a step-by-step example of how to profit from trends.  Today looks to be one of the best opportunities in a long time to give this method a whirl.  If you’ve been on the fence and don’t know where to start, take notes.
Let’s take a look at today’s [...]

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